Janata Dal (Secular) candidate in Hassan, Prajwal Revanna. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The State government on April 27 announced a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe an alleged sex scandal involving incumbent Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. He is the NDA candidate from Hassan in the Lok … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the launch of BJP’s Sankalp Patra in New Delhi on April 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy On a day when the conflict in West Asia appeared to be escalating, Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has launched a ‘stinging’ attack on all those who are at the helm in the Congress government for “sheer incompetence that nullified the benefits given to farmers during the BRS rule and imposed a manmade calamity on them.” “The enormity of the ‘artificial’ … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday reacted to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Narendra Modi government was open to making changes in the Agniveer scheme for the armed forces, if required. Agniveers are the new recruits under the Agnipath Scheme where 25% … Read more
Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced plans to establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) to monitor drought situation in the 100 most drought-prone tehsils in the State, including all tehsils in the seven districts of Bundelkhand region. “In a bid to effectively monitor drought conditions in Uttar Pradesh, U.P. government will establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) … Read more
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy addressing a press conference along with Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha; Advisor to Govt Shabbir Ali and Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Yadav in Hyderabad on March 16, 2024. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy sent a stern warning to the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) that if it plans … Read more
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted against party nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections, along with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a hotel in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rebellion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Two BJP … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) was expected to grow by 10% in FY 2024-25 and the government was committed to ensure that revenue deficit doesn’t cross the prescribed limit, Finance Minister Ajit Pawar told the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The GSDP, which was … Read more
BJP members staging a demonstration in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM The BJP staged a protest in the city on Friday condemning what it labelled âanti-Dalit policiesâ of the State government. It accused the Congress of diverting funds meant for projects to be implemented under Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 22 underlined his government’s commitment to fulfilling its pledge for the welfare of farmers, asserting that a “historic” hike in sugarcane’s price is part of such efforts. This will benefit crores of sugarcane farmers, he said in a series of posts … Read more